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OTHER ELECTIONS.
Balioting for Municipal Officers in ST. Louis

Balioting for Municipal Officers in ST. Louis
Five Tickets Voted for at Denver.
ST. Louis, April 5.-Incomplste returns Of
the election today from seventeen wards at IL
o'clock tonight, indicate that the Democrats
will have a majority in both houses of the mu-
nicipal assembly. The Labor vote cannot be
got at yet but it doesn't seem to have been as
heavy as was expected. The contest has been
close in most Of the wards ard districts, but
there Is scarcely doubt that the Democrats
have gained victory
RoLLA, Mo-. April 5.-At the annual school
election held here to-day the Knights of Labor
elected their ticket for directors by vote of l53
to 81 Thomas D. Smith, a farmer, and Henry
Beddoe. miller, were elected, defeating Judge
c. c. Bland, circuit judge of this district, and G.
r. Milard, leading merchant.
DENVER. Col, April 5.-There were five NUM-
cipal tickets in the field to-day-Republcan
Democratic, independents Democratic, Labor
and Prohibition A very large.vote was poled,
especially by the Labor party. The Democrats
held their own. notwithstanding the split in the
party. but indications, at O'Clock, are that the
Republicans have elected Mr.. Lee mayor by 100(
or 500 maioriry
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IN MICHIGAN.
Republican State Ticket Elected by 10000

Republican State Ticket Elected by 1O, 600
Prohibition Amendment in Doubt
DETROIT, April 5.-Returns from the State
outside the larger cities are very incomplete as
to the vote on the prohibition amendment The
Evening Journals returns up to 10 A. NJ irdi-
cate that the amendment has been carried by a
small majority. While the returns from the
counties are still delayed it is certain that Long
(Rep.) is elected to the Supreme Bench by
handsome majority. He runs ahead of Camp
bell (Rep. in nearly every polling place. Camp
bell is probably elected by majority one third
less than Long, and the Republican regents
have been successful by, maiorities between the
two judges. This county has gone strongly for
prohibition, but the returns are not yet suffi-
ciently definite to say whether the country has
been able to wipe out the majorities against the
amendment rolled up by the cities. The
probability this morning was that the amend
ment had been carried by small majority. The
salaries amendment has been defeated.
James Mcmillan, chairman Republican State
committee says that while he has no figures on
which to base an accurate estimate, his belief is
that the Republican State ticket has been elected
by 10000 and that the amendment is defeated
by about the same figures
At 10 o'clock this morning Professor Dickie
chairman Prohibition State committee claimed
that the amendment had carried by &c, 900 ma
jority
1:30 P M.-Later figures materially change the
result of the vote the prohibition amend
ment The Evening Journals figures now show
5000 against the amendment, and it is unlikely
that this majority will be overcome The sala-
ries amendment is probably carried
1t being settled that the Republican State
ticket has been elected by about 10 900 plurality
the interest centers in the prohibition amend
ment The Evening Journal says it is defeated
by g. 500 majority, and others claim the majority
will reach IL, 900; but the prohibition committee
still claims the adoption of the amendment
This claim is based on the fact that all the cities
have been heard from. while country localities
where the movement had its greatest strength,
have not yet been fully reported All figures
so far received on the amendment are partly
estimated, and little confidence can be placed in
them, although it seems probable the amend
ment is defeated by small vote. This evening
the Prohibitonis.s claim that frauds were com
mitted against them in several wards IN this
city, and say that several precincts will be con
tested 1t is asserted that known prohibition
lists were prevented from voting; that ballots for
the amendment were destroyed; that opponents
OF that measure were allowed to vote several
times, and that votes against the amendment
were purchased.
The latest figures On the election place the
Republican plurality on State ticket at about
| 5000, while on the prohibition amendment the
opposition majority will be about 800.
MIDNIGHT-The later figures cut down the vote
! against the prohibition amendment to less than
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The Situation In Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE R. l., April 5.-The election in
this State tomorrow will be for State officers
and members of the Legislature, and on the
oAestlon Of woman suffrage amendment to the
Constitution. There are three tickets in the
field, the Republican. the Democratic and the
Prohibition, and in the city of Providence an
assembly labor candidate. The great issue in
the canvass is the fight of one element of the
Republican party against the political manage
ment of the campaign of Governor Wetmore by
ex-Postmaster Brayton, and the mismanags-
men of the prohibitory law by the latter. The
Republican party is dangerously divided. and
the Democrats are hopeful of victory. The un-
known quantity of the third party is, of course,
the thing that upsets close calculations, but to-
night all that prominent Republicans claim is
an election by the Legislature. The Democrats
assert that they will carry the State and elect
Davis Governor. A majority OF the total vote is
required to elect, and in the event of election
by the people it goes to the Legislature.
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Labor %, 84S; Roche's majority, 2S. .24L The
City Council is largely Republican. In the Fifth
ward E. D. Connor. Socialist, was elected alder
The Voting in Edgar County

special to the indianapolis Journal
PARIS. H., April 5.-The election of township
officers throughout Edgar county was held to-
day. The returns not yet In, but from esti-
mates made after counting the straight tickets
five townships will give a Republican majority
and five townships Democratic majority. with
five townships in doubt In Edgar township,
this county, riot was narrowly escaped. The
Democrats and Republicans could not agree on
moderator, and pistols and knives were drawn
Some OF the less excited men finally succeeded
in restoring order.
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Five Men Drowned.

PORTLAND, Ore, April 5.-The Oregonian's
Wardner Idaho, special says: "The steamer
Spokane, with twenty-four passengers. capsized
on the C9ur d'Alene river at o'clock this after
noon. Five men are reported lost-Colonel Hg-
gins, OF Bangor, Me-; L. T. Pike, of Portland,
Ore; j. C. Hanna, of Spokane Falls; Mr.. jerome
of Lewiston, and one deck hand
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Eighteen Miners sufrocated

VINITA. Ind. T., April 5.-A terrible explosion
occurred to-day at Savanna, in coalshaft No. 2,
by which six miners were killed. A rescuing
party was soon organized and sent down into the
mine. but they overpowered by gas and
twelve were suffocated before they could be
taken out. making eighteen dead in all. The
mines are worked manly by foreigners, and
most of the victims are Italians. Fuller partic-
ulars have not yet been learned here
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style in Which Kissane Lives.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5-William King
Rogers lives in Sonoma county, near Santa
Rosa where he owns vineyard containing
1880 acres. He lives the road from Sonoma,
in palatial stone residence. He went to that
country in 1863. claiming to hail from Kentucky.
He at once took an active part in politics. and
for five years Democratic member of the
board of supervisors. He has been respected
highly. but during the past five years has been
much addicted to drink. General Darr dscov-
cred him nearly two years ago.
Rogers married in Sonoma county, and has a
large family. His property is valued for taxa
tion at over million dollars. One of his
brothers is practicing lawyer in this city. also
under an assumed name The brother made the
change Of name, it is supposed. merely to shield
the criminal, and no one here has ever suspected
their relationship. General Darr refuses to
talk of the matter. The public here is in g-
uorance as to the identity of the man.
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BALFOUR'S COERCION BILL.
Its Second Reading Formally Moved-The
Final Vote Postponed Till the 10Th.

LONDON, April 5-The second reading of the
Irish crimes act amendment bill was formally
moved in the House of Commons this morning
by Mr.. Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Sir Bernhard Samuelson Gladstonian mem
Der for the Danbury division of Oxfordshirs,
moved an amendment to to the bill to the effect
that 'the bill would, if passed. increase the dis
order in Ireland and endanger the union and the
empire, and therefore should be rejected"
The RI. Hon. Henry Chaplin. Conservative
member for the Sleaford division of Lincoln
shire defended the bill. The land laws which
the Radicals condemned he said. were
passed while Mr.. Gladstone was at the head of
the government Mr. Chaplin asked Mr.. Glad
stone, not as Liberal, not as politician mere
ly, but as an honest man, to disown before Ire
land and the world the doctrine Of sheer plunder
now preached in Ireland. If there was any rob-
berry in connection with the present land system
of that country, the author of it was Mr.. Glad
stone. 1t was he who fixed the rents il Ireland
un der a solemn guarantee that they should re-
main unaltered.
Sir Charles Russell tHome-ruler) tainted Mr..
Chaplin on the consistency with which he op-
posed every measure for the benefit of Irish
tenants. He asked whether the government had
received mandate from the country in favor Of
coercion. Statistics he said, proved that Ireland
at present was freer from crime than England,
and freer than any other country in Europe
fCbeers He then proceeded to dssect the bill,
condemning the power given the magistrates,
declaring that the change of venue of trials
could never be enforced and denouncing the
general character of certain clauses, which, he
said, so elastic as to confer unmeasured
powers for suppressing individual rights.
The House of Commons is practically taking a
weeks holiday. so many members are pairing
The government insists that debate on the Irish
criminal law amendment bill shall proceed, but
will postpone the division on the bill till the
10Th inst The Conservative "whips" retain
| enough members to keep their majority secure,
| in order to prevent a surprise
The secretary of the Birmingham Radical
| Union states that the ward elections for dele
| gates to the Liberal Association have resulted
| in large increase in the Unionist strength
| In the event of the coercion bill becoming a
| law, a number of Radical members of Parlia
| ment promise to join the Parnellites and 60 to
! Ireland to defy the act.
| The hand-bills announcing the holding of a
| Radical demonstration against the coercion bill
| in Hyde Park, Monday next, contain di
| gest of the crimes bill A feature of the demon
| stration will be the wearing OF green badges by
| the stewards. The promoters of the affair have
| been promised assistance from numerous sources.
| and are sanguine of great gathering.
A mass-meeting of Liberals will be held a.
Liverpool next week TO protest against The
| coercion bill
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Democrats Win at Springfield.

SPISGFIELD April 5.-The Democrats elected
their city ticket here to-day, with the possible
exception of city attorney. by decisive majori-
ties. The votes are not yet fully counted, but
the indications are that Hay. Democrat. gets a
majority of about 600. Two years ago the Re-
pubcans carried the city.
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The Result at Toledo.

TOLEDO, O., April 5.-The official returns of
the municipal election show that the Republic
ans elected their candidates for Mayor, police
commissioner, police prosecutor city solicitor
and cemetery trustee. The Democrats elected
Police Judge Walter and the water-works
trustee. The Board of Aldermen is tie and
the Board of CouEcilmen has two Republican
majority. The Republicans captured the police
board anc the Democrats the school board.
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BUSINESS Man Accidentally Killed.

NDeclaI 10 TIM Indianapolis Journal.
DASvILLE. Va, April 5.-Dr. John NJ Hutch
ines, highiy-respected and prominent citizen,
and proprietor OF the Star warehouse in this
city, accidentally shot and killed himself, this
morning, with pistol He was sixty one years
qf age
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Nihilist Literature Captured.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 5.-A large quantity
of revolutionary literature. consisting chiefly of
proclamations of the military section of the Nj
hilists, was seized by the police mere and at
Gatschina, to-day. The pamphlets are of the
most ncendiary character, and put
in packages ready for distribution It is reported
that laboratory for the manufacture of
dynamite shells has been discovered by the au
thorites at Cronstadt, and that the manager of
the laboratory. student. committed suicide
rather than submit to arrest.
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The Final Figures.

CHICAGO. April 5.-Returns from all the wards
give Roche. lRepublicanl 81. .0S9; Nelson United
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How the Women Voted Yesterday.


KANSAS CITY, April 5.-Scattering returns
from Kansas indicate that the municipal cleo
tons in general passed off quietly, and, as far as
can now be judged. the introduction of female
suffrage does not work great change in the
character of results. in some cities and towns
the women avalled themselves quite generally of
their newly-acquired privilege. The effect Of
the experiment cannot be OWNED as yet The
issues involved, however, are local. AT several
points women were elected to membership on
school boards
EMPoRrA, Kan, April 5.-The election to-day
was attended with considerable excitement,
which was for the greater part caused By the
activity of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union on behalf of their candidate for Mayor,
DR.. j. J. Wright, agairstN n. T. Weaver, the can
didate of the citizens. AS the result shows.
however, their efforts will not be crowned with
the most gratifying success. out of the 542
women who registered only 39S voted. and OF
these one-fonrth voted against the candi-
date of the w. c. T. U. Weaver was elected by
a large majority.
TOPEKA, April 5-At midnight only small
portion of the vote was coun ted, but enough 10
show that the whole Republican ticket is elected
The women VINO registered mostly voted, ard
generally as their husbands did.
Fort SCOTT April 5.-The entire Rep ublican
ticket was elected to-day. The women turned
out in large numbers There were only two
tickets-Demccratic aud Republican. The cleo
ton was quiet.
WICHITA. April 5.-Little interest was dis
played to-day. and the ladies' vote was small.
The Republicans elected the mayor over the
Knights of Labor candidate.
ATcHIsoN, April 5.--The Republicans elect
Mayor Kelsey and their entire ticket About
800 women voted, the majority supporting
Rouse. Dem, for mayor.
MISNEAPoLIs April 5--Mrs Lucy Johnson,
wife OF Associate Justice Johnson. of the State
supreme Court, was elected to the Board OF Edn-
eatian tn-dav
Mohave County miner., 1887-08-27
PROPOSALS WANTED!
For Building a Sheriff's Office
and JaiIer's Room in Front Of
the present Jail, a Water Clos.
ct, and a TWeIve-foOt Fence
around the Jail Yard.

Notice is hereby given that the Doard
of Supervisors OF Mohave county, Terri
tory of Arizona, will receive sealed pro-
posals up to 10 o'clock a. m. Of Monday,
September 18th, 1887, for building a
SherifF's Office and Jailer's Room in front
Of the present Jail building. Size Of
building TO be 1896 feet and same height
as the Jail building.
Also for building a water-closet, 10x6
feet and 8 feet high in the rear Of said
building,
Also for building a 12-ioot fence 44x58
feet around the Jail Yard.
All work TO be done in a good and
workmanlike manner and in accordance
with the plans and specifications adopted
by the Board and now on file in the Office
of the Clerk.
Proposals to be filed with the Clerk OF
the Board up to the time named and to
be endorsed Proposals for building sher-
ifs Office and Jail Fence"
Bidders must state the lowest price for
which they will do the work and furnish
all necessary material, in warrants on the
General Fund, and the Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order Of tho Board,
JAMES J. HYDE,
Clerk.
Mohave County miner., 1887-08-27
TODD BASIN MINES
And What f. Being Done ON Them

On the Night Hawk mine Superinten-
dent Bowers has force OF men at work
dri ing tunnel which will be $50 feet
long when completed, and sinking a
shaft 10 feet 70 co inject with the tunnel
The men afs working eight-hour shifts
and have completed about two-thirds OF
the tunnel. In the shaft the men are
working in two feet Of good ore.
On the Rip Van Winkle Messrs Jami e
son and Sample are running a l50-foot
tunnel which will tap the ledge at depth
Of about 100 ieet. They are now in about
% feet.
Messrs. Burt and Thompson are also
running a lO0-foot tunnel on the claim
which they recently purchased, for the
purpose Of draining the mine. They are
working night and day on it.
On the Oro Plata mine George Conners
has three shifts Of men at work on his
contract for running the tunnel 200 feet
further, and is making good progress
Capt. Lane is still pegging away on
some of his claims, and is bound to make
a fortune yet.
Mohave County miner., 1887-08-27
Notice 81 Forfeiture.

10 \. T.. Davis, ybur heirs. assigns and
lel,ai representatives and the Estate Of
Hugh q. Atchison, its legal representa-
tIyes, heirs and assigns:
Y0n and each Of you are heieby notified
,hat the undersigned, who are co owners
with you in the MoGkipg Bird mining claim
have expended the SUN of two hundred
dollars in labor aud improvement upon - ID
mining claim, the ssid expenditures and
improvements being made by us in the
years 1sSj and 'ssG. in cpInpiiancs with
the United States mining laws requiring
annual expenditures to bs mai OH mining
claims.
The said Mockiug Bird mining Claim con.
sis:s Of 100 feet in length Wy GD feet in
width, n uated u the ~ai,apai Mining
District. Mohsvc County. Terri DRY Of All.
iona. 4 record Of the toeAtipn Of the said
Mocking Biid mining cisi D il made in the
records Of mns.. in the o.a;s If the Cpun.
ty Recorder OF said Mohavs County, III
Book ID: page 12t.
And you are hereby further .otifisd that
il. at the expiration OF ninety days after
the publicat ton Of this notice you fail or re~
fuse to contribute 10 pay t0 as your propor-
tion Of said expenditures, together with the
cost of the publication Of this notice, the
interest of you in said MocLinC Bird min.
ing claim will be torfeitsd and become the
property OF the undersigned.
kinRman, Mohave County, Arizona Tor
ri!orY.
WILLIAM G. PARSONS,
w. G. DoASE.
Mohave County miner., 1887-08-27

WASHINGTON LETTER.
frRox OUR sEGULAR CORRESPONDENT. }

fFRoM OUR BEGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18th. 1857.
In nv last letter ! wrote of the land.
surveying fraudulent accounts from Cali
fornia, which had been worked over by "rs-
form" Democrats, years after the accounts
had been paid, and payment secured q
second time. The affair IL ysiled in such
mystery that / am only able to state the
amount Of loss (&I0,0Oo) sustained from
this source by the Government; 1t il not i'm
probable that further and fuller particulars
will soon be forthcoming. Frauds and ir-
regularities in the public service seem 70 be
the order, or rather disorder, Of the day.
As the basebailists have 1t, tho Treasury
and Interior Departments having had their
Innings" it Ia now the turn Of the War
Department; and IL comes bobbing up,
first, with the vanished $1,000 which an
army paymaster allowed wyoming cowboy
to rob" him Of. Ii has been decided that
the officer was too oarelesa with this large
sum of money, and hs has been relieved
from daty until he or his bondsnen replace
the loss; second, with the Irregularities
not TO use a harsher term-in the Quarter.
master Generals Department; the veteri
rayy surgeon was constrained to resign, be-
cause he had besn keeping private livery
stable at the expense of the Government-
pleading Ignorance Of the law as his reason
for such reprehensible conduct; still, he was
allowed to dspar. in peace. Then the scan-
dal caused by the army o'bcers usina the
teams Of the De- artment for purely private
purposes, sueh rs hauling building material
f,r their residences and fertilizers for their
Mohave County miner., 1887-08-27

gardens, etc. And, lastly, the disallowance
by the Controller of the Treasury Of the
bills for the purchase Of horses for the per.
sonai use of Mr. Endicott, the Mugwump
Secretary of War.
1t may seem cruel in me. but shall also
have to ysntilate fraud that has just come
TO the surface in the Department presided
oyer by the dudish Whitney, Of Standard
Oil fame. PaymasteY Geo. X. Watkins,
United States Navy, has been dismissed
from the service by court-martial for the
following good and sufficient reasons: Is
suing clothes and supplies to sailors and
mariners and charging the same as cash; of
buying coal above market rates and Of csr-
tifyina falsely, contrary to facts; charging
cash payments to dead men; of other simi-
lar charges, and of disobedience of orders
and OF desertion. Before being dismissed,
the Paymas:er must serve his country three
years in the penitentiary; his clerk, convict
ed Of forgery and malicious destruction Of
public records, was sentenced % four years
in prison and TO pay a fine Of $1,000. The
President has rernitted the fine and reduced
the imprisonment to two years.
Writing Of irregularities reminds me
OF a case that excites mach comment in the
Interior Department that of John B.
Riley, Superintendent of Indian Schools.
who, while receiving salary Of 5000 a
year, has bsen absent several months at his
home in Plattsburg, N. Y. Tue only known
reason for bis action, which appears rather
trivial, is that there is difference of opin.
ion as to the Superintendent's precise su
! thority.
hr. Amos Hadley 10 the second Republi.
can chief clerk Of the Interior Depart ment
to resign during Cleveland's term, and j
suppose some other good Bepub!ioan will
be promoted TO the position, IS there seeras
TO be wosful scarcity of Democratic ma.
teral snitabls for such responsible posi-
tioa. sscrctary Lamar ID now quietly cast
| ing about for a succe ssor TO the VACANCY, or
rather should say Mr. Cleveland Is doing
80 for him, rs the members Of the Cabinet
are merely clerks themselves, whose bssi,
ness il 10 to register the imperious will OF
! their Chief.
Mr. Frederick Douglass has returned
from long and delightful tour Of Europe.
and he is fall Of interesting "reminiscences
of the trip. He WAS everywhere well re
csired and Hospitality entertained. mo.
where" Mr.. Douglass said, "by a siusle
word look or gesture, was disapprovAl OK.
pressed Of my color or the kinks in my hair,
and have had n most pleasant AMI agree.
able tims during my stag abroad"
The shameful story of naval surgeon
Crawford aad his fair and Youthful vict ia,
has been told in the City Police court and
aroused general indignation against the
! principal, who is known rs tile mash Of
the Nay al Hospital" though no decision 10
yet reached. During the progress of the
trial there has been outragepu pus elimination
and recrimination between the judge and
the counsel on both sides. TIE Judge was
charged in open court with pre-judging the
case, and there came near being challenge
to mortal combat between the United
States District Attorney and opposing
| counsel